• Guildhall press Launches Freya McClements’ The Dangerous Edge Of Things

    Updated: 2012-07-25 23:11:36
    GUILDHALL PRESS in association with the Arts Council of N Ireland & Derry Central Library are delighted to invite you & guests to the book launch of THE DANGEROUS EDGE OF THINGS A Debut Collection of Short Stories by FREYA MCCLEMENTS Central Library, Foyle Street, Derry Thursday 26 July 2012 @ 7pm with Guest Speaker: read more »

  • Irish Top Ten Week Ending 07/07/2012

    Updated: 2012-07-13 19:51:14
    The massive and ongoing sales success of the Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy is pretty remarkable (over 20,000 copies this week), made more so by two factors, the first that supply has clearly been a major issue, several bookshops tweeted or Facebooked pictures of fresh stock arriving into their office or reported that the stock they had recieved read more »

  • The History Press Ireland Publishes Book By Economist Peter Bacon

    Updated: 2012-07-06 18:29:04
    The History Press Ireland has just published a book with well-known economist Peter Bacon. Although Bacon is best known as an economist, he authored several reports on the Housing Market during the bubble and is considered the architect of NAMA, Land Lust & Gunsmoke is not an economic tome. In fact the book deals with read more »

  • Irish Top Ten Week Ending 30th June 2012

    Updated: 2012-07-06 18:03:30
    Another stunning week for the Fifty Shade Trilogy which cleared just shy of 20,000 units over three titles. Amazingly, two authors are responsible for six of the top ten titles, surely an odd occurrence in any top ten chart. Perhaps most remarkable of all is just how many more copies than the rest Fifty Shades is read more »

  • Briefly Noted | Reduced VAT rate on Digital Books under Scrutiny by the Commission – Chartered Accountants Ireland

    Updated: 2012-07-06 16:49:45
    The European Commission has launched an infringement procedure against France and Luxembourg in respect of reduced VAT rates applied to digital books by these states.  EU legislation allows Member States to apply reduced VAT rates to a limited list of goods and services set out in Annex III to the VAT Directive. Downloading of digital read more »

  • Blackstaff Acquires Tony Macaulay’s Breadboy!

    Updated: 2012-07-06 16:48:42
    Blackstaff Press has announced the acquisition of a new title by Tony Macaulay, the bestselling author of Paperboy! Senior Editor Helen Wright bought world rights in Breadboy which will be published in paperback in Spring 2013. Helen said: ‘We’re all great fans of Paperboy and so we’re thrilled to be publishing its sequel Breadboy – read more »

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